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It is scientifically proven that we get fatter by being in a relationship, and as the weight increases, so does the desire for sex. Fat Relationships is a 7-month-long experiment in which three couples must save their relationship and at the same time lose the kilos they have gained together. They get help from a couples therapist and a health expert to implement a 180-degree life transformation that will both make their bodies healthier and restart their relationships.

The Capture of the Green River Killer is a 2008 2-part TV movie that first aired on Lifetime Television and tells the story of the Green River killer serial murders between 1982 and 1998. The film was named one of the top 10 television productions of 2008 by Variety and was twice nominated for a 2008 Gemini Award for best direction and for best costuming. Lifetime's premiere of The Capture of the Green River Killer miniseries delivered two million viewers, making it 10-year-old Lifetime's most-watched telecast ever.

Follow the evolution of advertising from the 1950s through the 1980s, via interviews with the industry's top ad executives, and through classic ads and commercials.

Teeming with marine wildlife, our oceans are full of fascinating stories - like that of the sperm whale, the biggest predator on earth that lives in the Mediterranean alongside the elusive monk seal. Underwater filmmaker Thomas Behrend takes us to the habitat of the ocean sunfish with the help of a high-tech submarine camera. And while giant octopuses and manatees are the heroes of another story, a marine biologist tells us about her unique friendship with a dolphin on the Irish coast.

Australia is home to some of the planet's most diverse and charismatic marine life, from five-centimeter baby turtles to 24-meter humpback whales. In this series, biologist and presenter Lizzie Daly embarks on a spectacular journey from the cold waters of South Australia to the tropical reefs of North Queensland to the wild currents of Western Australia.

Join some of the greatest drummers on the planet as they discuss their passion for music and the fellow drummers who inspire them.

These engrossing tales of wealth and class, brutality and cruelty, could only happen in mysterious Scotland. This series combines glossy drama reconstruction and expert opinion coupled with legal insights and a wealth of supporting reference materials from police reports, medical records, personal letters and images ...

Neuroscientist Dr. Jack Lewis goes in search of people with unusual neurological conditions that give us a fascinating insight into how our brains work.

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer look back at some of their most resplendent renovations, and deliver handy tips and tricks to help us maximise the spend on our precious bricks and mortar.NB The first three series of this show were shown as Specials in Kirstie and Phill's Love it or List It. Channel 4 have since changed their naming convention so older ones are listed in both series.

Pack your gear - Fox's own Katie Pavlich takes us to some of the most stunning, tricked out hunting and fishing lodges America has to offer. Check out the views, wildlife and top tier accommodations from the snowy Wyoming mountains, to the sizzling Louisiana swamps.

This program features various mysteries, paranormal, psychic phenomena, and other topics that are considered to be "unexplained." Earlier episodes of the series are narrated by Bill Kurtis.

A comprehensive picture of the faith of mankind - this series features the origins and mutual impact of 5 world religions, and gets behind their festivals, traditions and the challenges of today.

Grimsby Town FC, once a high-flying football club with a proud history, is now on the brink of relegation from the Football League. The impending threat of semi-professional football looms on for not just the club, but an entire community. Witness one of the most breathtaking sporting stories of all time play out at Grimsby Town FC.

In 1978, a young British couple embarked on the trip of a lifetime through remote Central America. Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton set out on an exhilarating backpacking adventure, but their dream soon turned into a chilling nightmare when they were brutally murdered and the trail for their killer goes cold. Four decades later, failed by law enforcement, their family take up the manhunt and begin the descent into an unknown world of online sleuthing, making a shocking discovery.

Nerve Center exposes the high-pressure moments at peak operation fromone of the world's busiest train stations to one of the world's biggest canals; meet the key personnel who drive this momentum from behind-the-scenes and over the course of a working day. Their mission? Ensure the hub functions seamlessly and react fast when it doesn't.

Follows various celebrity survivalists attempting to survive in the wilderness.

This show is a documentary series that looks at the earliest examples of human ingenuity and examines their relationship to today's popular inventions. The focus of the show is the historical context of man's earliest works of ingenuity.

A poor, black immigrant woman is shot and killed in Madrid. The crime triggers an unprecedented social reaction. Who killed Lucrecia? Why? The first clues point to far-right groups. Three decades after the crime, Lucrecia's story stands as a journey to the roots of hatred. With previously unpublished footage, this moving narrative brings to light a crime that goes down in Spanish history as its first racist murder.

Children and young people struggling with diseases that only very few in the world have.

Compiled from video footage and eyewitness accounts to the headline making events and attempts to educate the viewer as to what really happened in a particular event.

Otto-Jan Ham makes a program about drugs. Because drugs have fascinated him all his life. He knows how ubiquitous drugs are. It's only a matter of time before the apple of his eye is offered MDMA, or at least a hastily rolled joint. And so, because his sleep is dear to him, he wants to look the enemy straight in the eye.

There are few forces on earth that equal the power and destructive force of a volcano. Their impact has helped shape this planet, altered climates, and laid waste to entire civilizations. That destructive power has terrified, awed and fascinated humans for centuries. However for those who understand them, they are beautiful spectacles of the earth's inner mechanism at work. Out of the approximately 550 active volcanoes on the planet, few are ever destructive. They remain content to put on a spectacle for all those near, or increasing numbers of adventurers who dare to venture to remote locations to watch one of natures most incredible shows. Where there is a demand, there is opportunity, A small German based company Volcano Discovery is cashing in on what has become a new craze, and catering to the adventurous and volcano curious Volcanologist Thomas Pfeiffer, and his team.

With series creator Lauren S. Hissrich as your guide, take an in-depth journey into the stories and themes powering the first season of The Witcher.

An unprecedented look at the experience of African-American women in the arts, told through the stories of six trailblazing performers including Lena Horne and Nina Simone.

Examines the stories behind the unsolved murders of four women across four decades in Northern Ireland.